At least 34 people died in Russia’s missile attack on Sunday in Sumi city of Ukraine. The officers provided this information. According to officials, the attack from two ballistic missiles took place at around 10.15 am on Sunday when people gathered to celebrate ‘Palm Sunday’.
In video footage, the bodies can be seen wrapped in blankets between the roadside and the debris. At the same time, firefighters can be seen trying to extinguish the fire in cars amidst the debris of damaged buildings.
Ukraine’s ‘State Emergency Service’ said in a statement that two children were among the people killed in the attack. The statement said that 117 others, including 15 children, were injured.
Ukraine President Volodimir Jailonsky said that many people have been killed in two missile attacks and relief work is going on. “According to preliminary information, many people have been killed and injured,” he said.
Ukrainian President’s Office head Andrey Yermak said cluster bombs were also used to kill more and more people in the attack. Associated Press could not confirm this claim.
The attack on Sumi is a second massive attack in about a week, in which common people have lost their lives. Earlier on April 4, the hometown Krivi Rih of Jailonsky was attacked as a deadly missile attack in which 20 people, including nine children, were killed. Jailonsky also called for a global response to the attack.
He said, ballistic missiles and bombs were never banned from negotiations. There is a need to adopt a attitude towards Russia as is adopted towards a terrorist. ” Other world leaders have also condemned this attack.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the attack has weakened Washington -led peace talks between the two sides. He wrote in a statement, “Everyone knows: Russia started this war alone. And today, it is clear that Russia alone has decided to continue it – human life, international law and US President (Donald) (Donald) (Donald) ignoring Trump’s diplomatic efforts.
Governor Olexander Procudin said on Sunday that a 62 -year -old woman died in Russian shelling in the Kherason region of Ukraine. At the same time, Governor Vadim Philashkin said that another person died in Russian shelling in the Donatsk region of Ukraine.
Mayor of Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Terekhov said on Sunday that a raussian attack targeted a city kindergarten, which broke the windows and damaged the front part of the building.
He said that no casualties were reported in this. A day earlier, Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats accused each other of a violation of a possible agreement with the US to prevent attacks on power plants.
Foreign ministers of both countries spoke at different programs in the annual ‘Antalya Diplomacy Forum’. A day earlier, US Ambassador Steve Witchoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace prospects. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov said, “Ukraine has been attacking us from the beginning.”
He said that Russia will provide a list of Ukraine attacks to the US, Türkiye and international bodies during the last three weeks. At the same time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andree Sibiha strictly protested against his claim, saying that Russia has carried out around 70 missiles, 2,200 drone attacks on Ukraine since the consent over the limited ban on attacks and dropped more than 6,000 bombs. He alleged that these attacks have been carried out on most common people.